Sensorless wave based control for flexible structures using actuator as a single platform for estimation and control

Abstract—In this paper we present a wave based control approach for flexible structures using the actuator as a single platform for measurement and control without picking any measurements from the system. using the reflected wave to the actuator from the system along with the actuator parameters as the current and velocity to estimate the flexible system’s parameters. and using those estimated parameters to achieve robust controllers keeping the system free from any measurements and attached sensors. in this paper all the sensors attached to the system were used just to verify the performance of the controller not to have feed back from the system.